The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has just launched a dedicated web page where it is naming and shaming influencers who have persistently failed to disclose when their Instagram posts are a...

ASA ruling: Pretty Little Thing TikTok promotion This post concerns a complaint made to the ASA about a video posted on TikTok by the Wave House. I’ll assume you all know the basics of what TikT...

Cheating. It means acting dishonestly in order to gain an advantage. To avoid any doubt, an advantage in the context of prize promotions is a prize – a restaurant or retailer voucher, a gaming cons...

Molly-Mae Instagram prize giveaway You remember Molly-Mae Hague, don’t you? She’s sweet, a little bit ditzy and she coupled up with Tommy Fury from pretty much the moment she arrived on day five...

Prize promotions and the junk food ban. The government has announced it will be legislating to end the promotion of foods high in fat, sugar or salt (HFSS). It’s going to do this by banning broadca...

ASA ruling: Elite Competitions The company under scrutiny in a recent ruling from the ASA was Hydro Solutions Fylde. Now you might wonder what Hydro Solutions Fylde does. Perhaps it builds water...

Prize sourcing during the Coronavirus lockdown. The streets are currently almost eerily quiet and the prize promotions world was certainly fairly quiet for the first couple of weeks of the lockd...

ASA ruling: Luxsleeps I’ve looked at its website and although it’s fairly basic – the only frills are on the linens in its product pictures – bed-seller Luxsleeps appears to be a reliable and tr...

ASA news: Property raffles. You could say this is a minor obsession of mine and it’s certainly a topic I’ve covered many times in the last few years. Property raffles invite you to buy a ticket for...